Ann Turner Cook, whose likeness has been used as the Gerber logo for nine decades, turned 91 on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017.

Ann Turner Cook, whose likeness has been used as the Gerber logo for nine decades, turned 91 on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017.

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Ann Turner Cook, whose likeness has been used as the Gerber logo for nine decades, turned 91 on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017.

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Ann Turner Cook, whose likeness has been used as the Gerber logo for nine decades, turned 91 on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017.

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Ann Turner Cook, whose likeness has been used as the Gerber logo for nine decades, turned 91 on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017.

Ann Turner Cook, whose likeness has been used as the Gerber logo for nine decades, turned 91 on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017.

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Ann Turner Cook, whose likeness has been used as the Gerber logo for nine decades, turned 91 on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017.

Ann Turner Cook, whose likeness has been used as the Gerber logo for nine decades, turned 91 on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017.

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Ann Turner Cook, whose likeness has been used as the Gerber logo for nine decades, turned 91 on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017.

Ann Turner Cook, whose likeness has been used as the Gerber logo for nine decades, turned 91 on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017.

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The original Gerber baby, whose likeness has graced the company's products for nine decades, celebrated her 91st birthday on Monday.

Ann Turner Cook was four months old when her neighbor, Dorothy Hope Smith, submitted an unfinished charcoal portrait of the baby for a Gerber contest. That was 1928 – and Cook's famous face remains the Gerber logo.

These days, Cook lives in a retirement community in Florida, according to Bernadette Tortorella, a spokesperson for Nestle, which acquired Gerber in 2007.

"She loves spending time with her son and daughters," Tortorella said, adding that Cook is "as mentally sharp as ever."

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Cook was born in Tampa, Fla., and grew up to be an English teacher, Tortorella said.

Though Cook didn't have much contact with Gerber, around 1950, the company paid her a lump sum to settle ownership issues after another person came forward claiming to be the Gerber baby, a Tampa NBC affiliate reported. Cook did not tell the news site how much she was paid, but it was enough to buy a car and put a down payment on a house.

Gerber congratulated Cook on her 91 years via a Facebook post on Monday, spurring countless commenters to share photos of their own Gerber babies.